{"id":2757,"date":"2012-08-21T08:24:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2012-08-27T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T19:27:46","slug":"breaking-bad-meets-ricky-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/2012\/08\/breaking-bad-meets-ricky-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad meets “Ricky Hitler”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Empire \/\/ supreme power in governing; imperial power; supreme control; absolute sway.<\/em><\/p>\n

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All Hail The King<\/strong>. It finally makes sense. This is the game Walt\u2019s playing. It\u2019s not about the meth, or money, or cancer, or even his family. It\u2019s about Walt\u2019s desire for power. Supreme power. Imperial power. Absolute sway. The potential to take the world by storm.<\/p>\n

Has this always been what it\u2019s about? Or is it only as Skylar (Anna Gunn) waits for him to die that Walt (Bryan Cranston) decides he has nothing else left to live for?<\/p>\n

Did Walt become <\/em>a soulless evil, or did he begin the journey this way?\u00a0What does the demise of a man look like?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jesse calls Todd (the man who doesn\u2019t hesitate in killing an innocent 12-year-old boy), \u201cRicky Hitler.\u201d\u00a0Breaking Bad<\/em>\u00a0is dealing with the fascinating and terrifying question of how Hitler became Hitler. In Walter White, creator Vince Gilligan says it happens by putting yourself on a throne and manipulating the world to worship you with respect, love, money, and business.\u00a0Walt is right, this isn\u2019t about the meth. And the reason Breaking Bad<\/em> is so powerful is because it never was. This is a series about our humanity. About the ways of being human that we worship, celebrate, and become.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesse, nothing can change this. Now, finally, we are self-sufficient. No one to answer to except ourselves. In a year, a year and a half\u2026we\u2019ll have plenty of time for soul searching. Now, we cook.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if I feel relieved to finally hear Walt confess his strategy out loud: cook meth now, accumulate power regardless of consequence, and question ourselves (maybe even find ourselves) later. Or if I\u2019m more afraid than ever of what\u2019s coming next. It\u2019s probably a little of both.<\/p>\n

Remember earlier in the season when Jesse\u2019s (Aaron Paul) girlfriend, Andrea, comes home with a bag of groceries and invites Walt to stay for dinner? And soon after Walt manipulates Jesse to throw away his chance for family? We see a parallel of that scene in the sixth episode of season five, \u201cBuyout.\u201d Except this time it\u2019s Skylar coming home with dinner and Walt insisting that Jesse stay. What happens around their dinner table says it all.<\/p>\n

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Jesse, innocently clueless to what\u2019s going on, says all the wrong things. Skylar plays the role of partner turned hostage. Walt remains a silent, yet threatening presence; his back to the camera for the entire scene. The house is pitch black and a clock audibly ticks in the background.<\/p>\n

Saul (Bob Odenkirk) warns Mike (Jonathan Banks), \u201cWhatever you\u2019ve got planned, best pull the rip chord while you still have the chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What chance is left? What option would you vote for? What, or who, can win in Walt\u2019s business of empire?<\/p>\n

Walt promises everybody can win.<\/p>\n

But when you reduce life to a game of winning and losing, as Walt has done, you create a dualism that is impossible to escape unharmed.<\/p>\n

Keep up with the rest of Season Five:<\/em><\/p>\n

Episode One \u2013\u00a0\u201cIs Redemption Possible For Walter White?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode Two \u2013\u00a0\u201cMadrigal, Money, and Metanoia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode Three \u2013\u00a0\u201cBreaking Bad Made Whole?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode Four \u2013\u00a0\u201cAn Object Lesson and Breaking Bad\u2019s Next Move\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode Five \u2013 \u201cIs The Thrill of Breaking Bad Over?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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